A. Ranked choice voting elections for single-winner city offices shall be conducted according to the procedures in this chapter, upon the certification by the California Secretary of State of an automated vote tabulation system that is able to perform instant runoff voting.

B. Ranked choice voting shall commence with the 2008 General Municipal Election, provided that if no automated system is certified for use for the 2008 General Municipal Election, by July 14, 2008, ranked choice voting will be implemented at the earliest election following certification, as long as certification occurs no later than the start of the candidate filing period for that election.

C. The Registrar of Voters must agree to the request for all election services that allow the City to use ranked choice voting and consolidation of the election prior to the use of ranked choice voting. (Ord. 7038-NS § 1, 2008)